DA: 2 suspects in 24 arson fires held

Two men arraigned in Brockton District Court today are suspects in 24 arson fires, including one last night at a commercial building under construction in West Bridgewater, prosecutors said today.

MATT STOUT

Two men arraigned in Brockton District Court today are suspects in 24 arson fires, including one last night at a commercial building under construction in West Bridgewater, prosecutors said today.

Mark Sargent, 45, and his stepson Jeanmarie Louis, 23, both of the same Middleboro address, pleaded not guilty in Brockton District Court today to charges of burning a building and attempting to burn a building in connection with the South Main Street fire last night, officials said. The men are being held until a dangerousness hearing Feb. 6.

Prosecutors said they were able to connect the two men to 24 fires where the blazes were started using a Duraflame starter log doused with gasoline placed at the base of a wall.